More About Yeats and Sligo

    While in school in London, Yeats longed for his native land of Sligo and often returned there as an adult.  He speaks very highly of the county and the landscape is quite remarkable.  In Sligo, you will find the Lissadell House, home to the Gore-Booth sister, with whom Yeats was friends, Rosses Point, where Yeats spent his summers, Dooney Rock, with views over the Lake to Ben Bulben, the Isle of Innisfree, Glencar Waterfall and lake and Park's Castle.

In Glencar Valley, we first saw the waterfall that was flowing upward that day due to heavy winds. And later the Glencar Waterfall.

    Also, all the way was Parke's Castle.  The 17th century manor house was built using stones from the tower that originally sat her at it place of wonder along the lake. Inside the castle you can still see the remains of the tower.

Also, along the way to Yeats' Country are the Ox Mountains.

Yeats loved Sligo so much that he wanted to be buried there.  Althoug he died in France, his body was lain to rest in Drumcliff churchyard.

Not far outside Galway, we were able to visit Thoor Ballylee, a summer home of Yeats.  Yeats so loved the tower that it inspired him to write several poems in his 1928 collection The Tower.